Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-08-11


spiritual adviser how you can learn
to tell the truth; and next. never vary
from the true course Of manliness by
attempting to attack reporters per-
sonal and political character and then
shield your pallid face behind the bar
racks Of a Mattingly faction. Such
acts present a pusillanimous appear
ance and are not in good faith with
good breeding. There are some good
and honest men in the Mattingly fac
ton and / know would not stand by
you in an unbecoming act like this.
Be man and fight your own battles.
Have courage enough to sign your
own name when you write again. !
will again ask pardon, Messrs. Edi-
tors, for further noticing Mattingly
faction. He says, Spectator states
that the primary passed off much more
quietly than was anticipated, and what
did he expect? We are law.abiding
citizens and claim the right to exer-
else our citizenship without fear Of
being bulldozed or coerced against our
will"
/ We credited the Mattingly faction
with good order at the primary, and
yet Mattingly faction asks US what
did We expect? That we are law
abiding citizens. Did you prove so !?
Let us see. One Of your active work
ers soon after the vote was declared
attacked Mr.. A. Burroughs in an i'm
proper and insulting attitude; but as
he was a gentleman, when resented,
apologized for what he had done. An
other active worker in the same fac
ton a few minutes later assaulted Mr..
q. G. Hayden with an attempted blow
whilst he was talking to another. Is
this law-abiding? You though don't
know any better, and l do not hold
the Mattingly faction responsible for
your ignorance. They ought to sue
YOU for damages or send you to the
penitentiary for stealing their good
name. You are certainly disgrace
to the faction, and if you claim your
self democrat and had any strength,
you would be a good subject to break
up the party.
He M. F. then says: "In the
morning, SAYS Spectator, the impress
sion was that the odds were largely in
favor of the Hayden faction, and in
order to win success to the Mattingly
ticket, it was found necessary to
change the head, l. F. Mattingly. and
replace it with that Of John T.. Car
penter; and a more willful perversion
of facts was never promulgated; and
that we were on the Mattingly ticket
and can truthfully say that |. f. Mat
tingley's name was never on the tick
ct, but that Mr.. John f. Carpenter $
was from the beginning. Narrow
minded Mattingly faction-thou fl
did you not know the politics of
your district? and did you not read
the two county papers that the fac.
tional fight in the district was between
O. G. Hayden and l. f. Mattingly
The Hayden faction held O. c. Hay
den as their head and fought under
his banner. Now, did not the Mat
tingly faction disown l. t. Mattingly
as their head and used their familiar
expression, I'VE are no Tank Mating
! " delegation ?" | never said |. f.
Mattinglys name was on the ticket.
Neither was O. G. Hayden's. You
surely have intellect enough to know
the difference between a factional tick
ct and delegate ticket.
Mattingly faction says: They (the
Hayden faction did actually vote a
a resident of the 2ni or Sth district
at our primaries, whose name be for
bears to give here, as that is TO be
tried before another tribunal. The
gentleman referred to is from the Sth
district, but was born and raised in
this district, and if the judges thought
him entitled, he was entitled, and vo-
ted OF his own free will and accord.
| wonder what tribunal he will be
tried by! | reckon by the Mating.
ly Faction Court" and | know he
will be condemned liar and sentenced
to death. Now, lets see, one illegal
vote charged against the Hayden fac
ton whilst the Mattingly faction vo-
ted residents of the eth district and
one q resident OF Charles county for ,
years and made delegate upon their
ticket. They voted black people, who
came Immediately from the polls and
said they intended to vote the repub-
lican ticket this Fall. They also vo-
ted republican whites and were forced
10 Baltimore city to get voters to car
~ the primary. This is why the vote
polled exceeded the popular democrat
ic vote OF the district and why we
were beaten.
Mattingly faction refers TO feel
ing OF malice and spite on my part
towards Mr.. l. T. MAttingly. | shall
not stoop so low as to held Mr.. Mat